The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1887-06-21

/ the reason WAY Joe was sent OF Tor little
| trip, az the public expense, 70 recuperate
his wasted energies.
! noticed in. Nosbig'S organ that the ex-
/ peuses for floating the BIC loan amount 10
I almost SS0,G00, already, and what will il be
/ when the whole amount gets here. There
! appears TO be something crooked about this
/ whole affair which beats me. What part of
I this "whack falls TO Gauge? or Is lie run
/ ming backward and forward, and hobGObbing
! with the Prince of Whales, Just for the fun
1 of the thing.
! BliT tells me that Nosbig, whose head is
/ white. but his heart Is green is terribly
Q worried over ms coming lawsuit for breach
( of promise, with damages laid ~ So, GOO.
/ He SGyS If his life Is spared be will leave no
J stone unturned 10 beat the poor lone wild
\ ow. and now he has secured the services Of
I a Neu-manu 20 Paul him through. Bliff SAYS
I he Is afraid there will be nothing left of the
old man when the case is finished.
BlifF told me that Nosbig has sent q ukase
4 By the Zealandla TO Samoa for Admiral Girls
/ ley and the Conundrum TO return imme-
diately. as there was likely 10 be an uprising
4 at the Refornatory School, and perhaps some
more banjo shops would be plundered. l
/ asked Bliff if the old man seemed scared.
/ Well SAYS the boy, You know the old
Z rooster has all the courage of lamb with
{ lions hide on. but De don't like the looks of
] things and wants TO have the army and navy
on hand. he has also ordered Foolscap 10
I assume duty as Lieutenant General of the
army" The Grand Duke, the boy tells me,
/ will not take the field in person, but will CON
I suit the hahunas andthe Board of Genealogy
/ and ascertain, If possible, If the knave or
king will again be trumps.
hear through Blif that Nosbig has been
Q anchor - ba
shape Of transferring the snug little sum of
$4,000 to Frisco, IN case of any trouble hap
pening TO the Grand Duke here. Bliff also
said Nosbig was terribly worried at the turn
things had lately taken-all hands joining
rifie-shooting associations which looked
bad besides the old man was not sure that
some one OF these sports might not take 1t
into his head TO draw a bead" on him or
the Grand Duke. The old fraud" thinks
things are decidedly bilious but he and the
Grand Duke have got the etceteras fixed up
in good shape, with plenty of powder handy
and they intend to make II " warm for these
sports. The Grand Duke has his eye on
well which Is large enough to hold both, and
NoSblg won't give 1t away. They can live
there week or so % until the clouds roll by.n
You know that Yankee man-of.war, the
Adams" dropped into Hilo on the way
here, and the folks there told the officers that
the Honolulu people were just raising Sheol
down here. when the ship up anchor and
sailed for this burg" without delay, expect
ing TO see some fun, you know. Well, Bliff
was on the wharf when q boat load of the
"boys" came ashore, and the first question
they asked him was-"IS the Grand Duke in
Jail or deadr' Bliff said, no: but that he
soon would be-and the sooner the better"
Another asked-Did he really beat China
man out of $1,000 on the opium racket?'
IT-Orn hafucr told that hn did fhap oil cos
a chorus-'Ain't he smart; he's no SLOUGH;
Just the chap We want in Dupont street,
Frisco, TO go through the Celestials there:
he'd soon make fortune; if the Cinnamon
didn't capture his scalp
tod Bliff that hardly believed that yarn
about old Nosbig or sonney-in-law sending
$4,000 over to the coast, TO have it where
they could put their hands on it at short
notice, and the boy felt real bad to think l
doubted his yeracity. On Saturday he came
rushing II breathless, eXclaimining II have
1t now Have yhatta l asked. "0h. the
particulars about that box OF coin which ]
told You OF" I said freaway, and let's hear I
the particulars. BliT then related the fol-
lowing in reference 10 il: "On tho Tuesday
the Australia sailed for Frisco, an express I
wagon drove down 10 the wharf. close on to I
noon, and al there was IN the wagon was a /
strong small box, covered over with quincy I
Uc-S. OLlt u lLt cLaLf II the wagon went Z
and called the first officer Of the ship TO
come and take charge of the box. After the /
first office had looked at and lifted II, he
called three of his best Thito men TO take the
box on board, and not 10 lose sight OF It until
he came and slowed It away IL the strong
room. It was all they could manage to carry
1t. Il vas so heavy. Some of the by-standegs
wondered what was il the box, when a fei-
low, who knows all about weights said the
box contained gold, and from the weight
and size, there were nearly $4,000 in it,
There, saws tie boy, what do YOU think
Of that / said 1t might be leadSfor is'box
of stereotype plates, or something of that
sort. But" says Biif, they don't make so
much fuss getting that kind OF freight on
board, and they don't stow it in the strong
roOm-yoG bet, this WAS Nosbig's 'swag, and
and I am willing to gamble on it, The boy
seemed 10 know more about 1t than he then
cared to tell, but the shipment of the box
confirms the rumor which has prevailed
Should 1t prove TO be 4 canard, which now
doubt, Pa will take the earliest opportunity
Of cOntradicting the rumor. OF course he
Willie is Just that kind of dutfer.
Saturday Blif told me good joke which
was accidentally played on the Grand Duke,
and the old duffer actually burst out laugh